Over the course of his research career, Anthony Sinskey published more than 350 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals for biology, metabolic engineering, and biopolymer engineering, filed more than 50 patents, and contributed to the founding of multiple companies. He was also the co-founder and faculty director of the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI). He leveraged an interdisciplinary approach to metabolic engineering, focusing on the fundamental physiology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics in bacteria and plants to determine key factors that regulate the synthesis of different biomolecules.